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Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Pumpkin Carving Fun
After the pumpkin farm on Sunday night; we went straight home to get the carving started. I had an image in mind of what I wanted carved, but the pumpkin was too big to carve anything with too much detail. We had to go with Plan B instead. Ava was a little squeamish about the pumpkin guts, but she really had some fun painting her own little pumpkin!
Craig wanted me to share the template I drew out of our Plan B pumpkin. I think his comment had something to do with the picture looking like something Ava could draw....
Sunday, October 23, 2011
A Beautiful Fall Sunday
Today we took the kids and traveled down to Bloomsbury Farm, which is a pumpkin patch down near Cedar Rapids. It cost $20 for all of us to get in, which wasn't bad considering there was so much stuff to do. I think we spent five hours there, and we didn't even get to see and do everything. Also, we had tons of fun (which led to this mama not taking very many pictures of the activities)
There were little tractors and tricycles to ride around on (not to mention go-carts and a barrel wagon which looked very fun, but we ran out of time so Ava didn't get to ride it)
Ava really liked playing in a maze of HUGE tractor tires. She also got to go down big slides and play on a wooden John Deere tractor.
The farm had all kinds of Barnyard Buddies. We saw ducks, chickens, llamas, goats and of course some cows. My new favorite animal is the Teacup Pig (Craig said there is no way we will ever own one of these... but hey he also said we would never own a chihuahua...) I didn't get a very good picture of them, so I had to find one online.
Probably Ava's second favorite activity was the duck water races. They had water pumps at each side, you put the duck on the track and pump the water until the duck gets to the other side. Then another person picks up the duck and puts it on another track and sends it back to you. The duck races went something like this...
Here's a picture of Trevor since I kinda left him out today :(
I think Craig's favorite thing was the pumpkin cannon. Every hour or so they would put a couple pumpkins in this cannon and fire it off. These things flew fast and far. Their target was an old pickup way out in this cornfield. It was pretty beat up and it was pretty cool to watch the pumpkins hit it. They also had a corn cannon, but we didn't get to see that.
So Ava's favorite thing of the day was the Corn Box. (Batta Al needs to make one of these for the girls to play in at his house). This box was huge, bigger than our bathroom, though that doesn't take much.
Ava rolled and rolled around in the corn. She dug in it, buried her feet and dumped it all over her head. She LOVED this. We had a rough time saying bye bye to the corn.
Trevor even got to "play" in it for a bit. I don't think he liked it as much.
After we pulled Ava away from her corn, we went on a hay ride out to some pumpkin patches. We thought about going through the corn maze, but it's 10 acres long. Instead we could see some of it from outside, so we stepped through and played around for awhile. Ava kept trying to eat the corn, so we didn't stay here too long.
Finally, what would a pumpkin patch be without pumpkins? Ava struggled a little with the bigger pumpkins, but we found some just right for her.
This is the one Craig and I picked out. We took it home to carve. I will post pictures of that adventure some time later this week. If anyone is looking for a fun fall weekend, I would suggest heading out to Bloomsbury Farm, I know we will be coming back next year for sure!
There were little tractors and tricycles to ride around on (not to mention go-carts and a barrel wagon which looked very fun, but we ran out of time so Ava didn't get to ride it)
Ava really liked playing in a maze of HUGE tractor tires. She also got to go down big slides and play on a wooden John Deere tractor.
The farm had all kinds of Barnyard Buddies. We saw ducks, chickens, llamas, goats and of course some cows. My new favorite animal is the Teacup Pig (Craig said there is no way we will ever own one of these... but hey he also said we would never own a chihuahua...) I didn't get a very good picture of them, so I had to find one online.
Probably Ava's second favorite activity was the duck water races. They had water pumps at each side, you put the duck on the track and pump the water until the duck gets to the other side. Then another person picks up the duck and puts it on another track and sends it back to you. The duck races went something like this...
Ava puts the duck on the track.
Craig helps pump the water while Ava screams and cheers.
Ava cries "duck come back!" (and repeat several times)
Here's a picture of Trevor since I kinda left him out today :(
I think Craig's favorite thing was the pumpkin cannon. Every hour or so they would put a couple pumpkins in this cannon and fire it off. These things flew fast and far. Their target was an old pickup way out in this cornfield. It was pretty beat up and it was pretty cool to watch the pumpkins hit it. They also had a corn cannon, but we didn't get to see that.
So Ava's favorite thing of the day was the Corn Box. (Batta Al needs to make one of these for the girls to play in at his house). This box was huge, bigger than our bathroom, though that doesn't take much.
Ava rolled and rolled around in the corn. She dug in it, buried her feet and dumped it all over her head. She LOVED this. We had a rough time saying bye bye to the corn.
Trevor even got to "play" in it for a bit. I don't think he liked it as much.
After we pulled Ava away from her corn, we went on a hay ride out to some pumpkin patches. We thought about going through the corn maze, but it's 10 acres long. Instead we could see some of it from outside, so we stepped through and played around for awhile. Ava kept trying to eat the corn, so we didn't stay here too long.
Finally, what would a pumpkin patch be without pumpkins? Ava struggled a little with the bigger pumpkins, but we found some just right for her.
This is the one Craig and I picked out. We took it home to carve. I will post pictures of that adventure some time later this week. If anyone is looking for a fun fall weekend, I would suggest heading out to Bloomsbury Farm, I know we will be coming back next year for sure!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Six months and time is speeding by...
Six months and two days ago Trevor Allen Davis was born (and today is his first blog post - YIKES!) I have been so busy giving loads of attention to my two babies that my blog has been a bit neglected. Craig begged me to update our page as he was leaving for work this morning so here goes, an overview of Trevor's first six months.
Trevor was born early on April 15, Tax Day morning, after a fairly short and easy night of labor. Craig was so excited; he finally has his little boy!
Our baby boy was the opposite of Ava, very awake and alert from the start.
Ava is a very good big sister. (She has lots of practice from taking care of Monkey so well)
Trevor has a contagious smile and is pretty happy with everyone. Ava loves to make him laugh by being her silly, sassy (but sweet) self.
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